She makes love, because each new encounter is a new rejection. She doesn't like these men; she says, “when they touched me, I died” (171). Caddy doesn't want to be like her parents. Caddy tries to dissociate herself from the Compsons; it attempts to express independence and individuality. However, his attempts are in vain. She has an illegitimate child and her husband chases her away. Even her failure is the fault of her bad parents, because she would never have needed to rebel if her parents hadn't..